ECE 3950 Proposal Grammar and Style Debrief

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ECE 3950 Proposal Grammar and Style Debrief

• Cami Nelson,
• CLEAR writing instructor

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Complete SentencesAvoiding Run-ons

• Often computer users run out of USB ports or
  have a big clutter of computer cables on their
  desk, this can be a big inconvenience for people
  that have their computer as work and
  entertainment apparatus.

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Avoiding Fragments

• The shortcomings are overcome by thinking about
  these issues. By creating a better project.

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Subject-Verb agreement

• It takes some knowledge of plumbing for someone
  to install it themselves.
• and which customer is missing their luggage.
• The interpreter can choose to transmit their
  translation of speeches or comments to their
  target group, or to the other translators

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Tense Consistency

• The basic design was a box large enough to hold a
  2 liter bottle, a pen laser and a 90 degree
  sensor. A photodiode is connected to the data
  acquisition system

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Formality Level

• Its a lose, lose situation here!
• It cant be made out of the clear blue sky.

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Commas

• If another zone requests airflow when the system
  is in use the heating or cooling unit will start
  up again
• In order to construct this device a great deal of
  research and tests would be necessary in order to
  produce satisfactory results.
• If there is a wireless connection you dont have
  to find room to plug it in and it will not be
  left behind when you leave.

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Transitioning between sentences

• Teaching electrical engineering for high school
  students is limited because of cost, size and
  complexity of the available resources. There are
  shortcomings for kits, instruments and
  instructional sets.
• GPS satellite modules are currently being
  employed, but there are shortcomings. Typical
  GPS modules are now fixed to the satellite dish
  and receive too much RF noise from the adjacent
  transmitter.

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Transitioning between paragraphs

• None of these (toys) were found to combine
  visual, audio, and kinesthetic stimuli.
• (New paragraph) The proposed tool is a toy
  which consists of a game board

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Parallel Lists

• The device will have the following functions
• 1. Base station sends
• 2. Tracking software and microprocessor circuitry
  perform
• 3. Tracking stickers receive
• 4. Items location is displayed graphically on
  the base stations LCD display

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Loose Ends

• The result will ultimately be less trips to the
  emergency room.
• Its prototype will be difficult to construct.